Egypt confirmed on Sunday 1,475 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total cases registered in the country since mid-February to 55,233, said Egyptian Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, 87 patients died from the novel coronavirus on the same day, raising the death toll to 2,193, Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement.
He added that 409 patients were completely cured and discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours, increasing the total recoveries in the country to 14,736.
“All the cases registered as positive for the virus receive medical care at isolation and quarantine hospitals in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization,” Megahed reiterated.
The capital Cairo and the nearby provinces of Giza and Qalioubiya reported the highest numbers of COVID-19 infections in Egypt, according to the statement.
Egypt announced its first confirmed COVID-19 case on Feb. 14 and the first death from the respiratory disease on March 8.
The Egyptian government has been imposing a nighttime curfew since March 25, and will continue the current eight-hour curfew until the end of the month.
Egypt plans to resume air traffic in all Egyptian airports from July 1 as the country prepares for the return of foreign tourism, after more than three months of international flight suspension over COVID-19 concerns.
The most populous Arab country has already started gradual reopening of services and offices, and allowed operation of over 260 hotels for local tourists with 50-percent capacity after they were given official hygiene safety certificates.
Egypt and China have been cooperating closely in fighting the pandemic through exchanging medical aid and expertise.
In early February, Egypt provided aid to China to help with its fight against COVID-19 and China later returned favor by sending three batches of medical aid to the North African country, the latest of which was in mid-May.
Since mid-April, Chinese doctors and medical experts have held three video conferences with Egyptian counterparts to share their experience in the prevention and treatment of the novel coronavirus. Enditem
